On 01/07/2011 07:59 AM, Ivan X wrote:
Netatalk 2.1.5 (compiled from source, with randnum authentication and netboot) runs very nicely in Ubuntu Server 10.10 under VirtualBox 4.0.0, as long as its virtual network interface is set to bridge mode using a wired ethernet interface on the host machine (a USB-Ethernet adapter works too). One day I'll package this up as a ready-to-go turnkey appliance. I'm also writing a new, and better organized, cheat sheet on how to build it yourself.
And, although it appears to violate some of the more nit-picky aspects of the protocol definition, it's a good idea to apply my one-line patch to preserve file modification stamps. Without it, file copied to the server from a IIe client receive the current time. I greatly prefer having the modification time preserved.
There were a handful of small fixes required to the Ubuntu package. I sent them to pitz since he appeared to be working on a release to the community.
Every LocalTalk-to-Ethernet transceiver I've tried is still flawed in one way or another (and I've not yet obtained the fabled GatorBox CS). Here's the rundown:
Yea, verily... Geoff Body has been plugging away at network traces to evaluate why the Farallon devices drop sessions on some boxes and work on others. I owe him a couple more captures (and a large debt of gratitude for taking this on!).